Hitler weighs 60000 German troops to Spain decision
Paris dispatch reports Hitler faced a pivotal choice on sending 60000 German soldiers to aid Franco's Spanish fascists. Delbos signaled French concern and hinted France might send aid if needed. Army divisions were said ready as officials weighed risks of wider war versus political influence.
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Paris
Europe
Hitler
Spain
Foreign Office
Yvon Delbos
Francisco Muranco
Delbos
Germany
Franco
Helal Xald
Mary
Italy
Burgos
Britain
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Labor Leaders Seek Constitutional Amendments on Hours and Wages
A secret committee named by industrial coordinator George Berry seeks agreement among labor groups and proposes constitutional changes to regulate hours and wages. The plan relies on commerce clause revisions after Supreme Court decisions hindered employer employee rotations.
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Washington
George Berry
Bertye
Supreme Court
Congress
Altes
Pope Urges Nations to Aid Peace Efforts From Bed
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII, 79, broadcast a Christmas message urging swift action against atheistic Communism seen as endangering Europe and Spain. Despite medical risk, he spoke 29 minutes, invoking prayer for peace, the church, and those misled by conflict, as doctors cautioned against dislodging a blood clot.
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Vatican City
Phil XT
Spain
Europe
Braxton Court May Try Kirby Braxton Court May Try Kirby
Rockville Maryland December 24 State's Attorney James H Pugh said Lawrence R Gingell 20 confessed to killing Elwood Matthews 68 a Montgomery County farmer with two others They allegedly robbed Matthews on a country road near Four Comers Maryland on November 21 beat him with rifle butts and tied a rock to his neck before throwing him in Northwest Branch creek authorities weigh which case to try first and study the confession connected to another slaying in West Virginia involving W Earl Dollman 34 of Charleston salesman
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Rockville
Tim
James H. Puch
Lawrence R. Gingell
Elwood Matthews
Montgomery
Gingell
Reed
Matthews
Ange
W. Earl Dollman
Charleston
Philadelphia
Sutton
W. Va
Pugh
Montgomery County
West Virginia
Fourder
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Troops to Get Rancho Stew for Christmas Dinner
Madrid reports that Spain's Socialist soldiers will eat a Mulligan like Rancho stew for Christmas while in the Madrid trenches, with meat rice and potatoes. Government notes the ongoing shelling from Fascist artillery on Muñoz center and cautions militiamen to stay vigilant as operations around Boadilla del Monte continue.
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Madrid
Spain
Boadilla del Monte
Mu- Srnd
President Roosevelts Christmas Pledge Across Nations
President Roosevelt urged Americans to keep Christmas year round as he read Dickens to his family from the White House and shared the pledge of Scrooge. He referenced his granddaughter Ruth Chandler Roosevelt and noted family traditions amid the broadcast.
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Washington
Roosevelt
LaPayette Square
Scrooge
Tay
the Nation
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
Park
Third Annual Fairchance Party a Joyous Christmas Event
The third annual Forty and Eight Gazettes Christmas party at Camp Fairchance delighted nearly 200 underprivileged Boone county children. Adults watched with moist eyes as youngsters, many experiencing a first Christmas, eagerly opened gifts. Gazelle delivery trucks transported supplies from the American Legion hall with staffers C. B. Smith Ned Woods R. H Jones and Herman White assisting.
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Gazette
Camp Fairchance
Boone County
Camp Fairchake
American Legion Hall
Hale Street
C. B. Smith
Ned Woods
R. H.jones
Herman White
William Tormey
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Joe Monzak Granted Christmas Pardon From Prison
Joe Monzak, who began a life sentence in 1983 at Moundsville, will be released tomorrow after receiving a conditional pardon from Governor Kump. Also pardoned were Version Wright of Wayne County and Phillip Matto, Brooke County convict in larceny.
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Joe Monzak
Moundsville
Logan County
Julia
Robert Bland
Montals
Kump
Version Wright
Wayne County
Phillip Mattued
Brooke County
Eland
Monzato
Gover
Monzat
Grid Star Faces Contempt Charge
CLARKSBURG, Dec. 24. Charles Tod Goodwin, noted football star and former West Virginia University player now with the New York Giants, was jailed today for contempt of court for failure to pay alimony. He was brought from Wheeling to Clarksburg to face Judge Birk S. Stathers, who in 1934 granted a bed and board divorce to Mrs. Mary Katherine Grimmett Goodwin, the Clarksburg manufacturer's daughter, with support set at 30 a month for herself and their son, then three years old.
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Clarksburg
Charles “Tod" Goodwin
West Virginia University
New York Giants
Wheeling
Birk S. Stathers
Stathers
Mary Katheringe Grimmett Goodwin
Murky Cuban political shift as Taredo Bru named president
Federica Taredo Bru 61 becomes Cuba's president in formal palace ceremony replacing Miguel Mariano Gomez. He pledges to pursue good relations with all nations, especially the United States, amid a bitter political battle.
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Havaita
Federica Taredo Bru
Cuba
Miguel Mariano Gomez
United States
Guba
Republic
Acs Rahi
All Christendom Joins to Recall Birth of Savior
Christendom recalled the Savior's birth in a mix of joy and misery. Pope Pius XI urged peace in Rome as illness and war threats cast a shadow over Christmas. President Roosevelt noted the Western Hemisphere's tribute to the season amid war tensions and economic relief.
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Associated Press
Christendom
Roosevelt
Rome
Catholicism
Pius XI
Spain
Europe
Hitler
Citywide Christmas observances brighten Charleston area
City stores closed for Christmas, with sales up nearly fifty percent from last year. Public offices close today and tomorrow except the post office. Special music planned in churches as jails serve Christmas dinners. Mayor Dawson and officials hosted an office party. police chief and staff hold a party in the city court room. Christmas fund of 16 000 distributed to employees.
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Charleston
A Post Office
D. Boone Dawson
W. A. Tully
Bethlehem Birth Celebration Amid Tension and Rites
In Bethlehem, crowds filled the Church of the Nativity and St Catherine's for Christmas rites led by the Latin Patriarch. A midnight Mass proceeded as bishops and officials observed amid Arab strike tensions and Jewish immigration issues. The Christ Child image was placed in a manger until Epiphany, while worshippers witnessed the dawn over the hills as scholars and Magi presented gifts.
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Bethlehem
Palestine
Church of England
Three Wise c
Jesus
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Peace Is Voted In Wheel Strike
Associated Press reports that wheel plant strikes in Detroit and other sites persist with no settlement. Union struggles affect General Motors plants in Kansas City Atlanta and nearby manufacturers including J I Case and Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Maritime talks continue on the Pacific coast waterfront walk-out while other labor action clusters in Illinois Ohio Indiana Virginia and Wisconsin draw attention. A separate note from Glenville details a Carnegie Gas well drilling surge near 1 438 feet depth owned by Charleston and Huntington residents.
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Associated Press
Autes
Kelzey-Rayes
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Assembly
Kansas City
Atlanta
J. Case Comepany
Racine
Wis
Labbey-Owens-Ford
Toledo
Shreveport
Charleston
Ottawa
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
S Maritime—Deadglock
Pacific Coast
Glenville
Carnegie Gas Company
Bonnie Allen
Ernest ‘S
Floyd
Huntington
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In Adolf
Handa
Berry
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Pope
Pontiff
Braxton Court
Kirby
Dollman
Braxton
Esterday
W. Earl Dullman
Charleston Falesman
Gnasaway
Joseph Kirby
Seraston
Christ At
Mulligan
Red Cross
Grid Star
Tod” Goodwin
Havana
Panhandle
Santa
Christ Child
Ihe’ Dusigy
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